Episode 35 - Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, and Law in the Progressive Era with Nate Holdren

In this special episode, Jules speaks with Professor Nate Holdren about his book Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, and Law in the Progressive Era. Professor Holdren's book recently received an honorable mention for the Merle Curti Intellectual History Award, and Nate Holdren is a Marxist Historian and US Legal Historian at Drake University.

*This conversation was recorded during a thunderstorm, so we've edited a few storm clouds into our conversation to depict when our conversation was cut off due to losing power.  Thank you again to Professor Holdren for rolling with tech issues during the course of this episode.  

Additional Links Below…

• Nate Holdren's Twitter, Faculty Page
• Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, and Law in the Progressive Era
• Maximillian Alvarez for In These Times Magazine, "The Painful History of Injury in the Workplace"
• Maximillian Alvarez for The Real News Network, "What Do Workers Really Lose When They're Injured on the Job?"
• Outro Music 1: Utah Phillips, "Yuba City"
• Outro Music 2: Steve Earle, "It's About Blood" (live radio performance)

Permanent Links Below…

--- Follow us on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Medium Patreon

--- Join the discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/noeasyanswerspodcast

--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/noeasyanswers/message

--- Visit our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noeasyanswers

--- Hang out with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/4RHEEhdxy5

--- One-off Contribution: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/julestaylormusic

--- Comments, concerns, criticisms, and vitriol: noeasyanswerspodcast@gmail.com

--- Music provided by: Self-Taut